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I would act "violently and deliberately" if someone was tyring to kill me!
God this makes me angry.
Man 'fired harpoon in boy's face'
A man fired a harpoon gun into a 15-year-old boy's face as he was attacked with a baseball bat by a gang, a court has been told.
Nathan Kirk, 25, fired the harpoon after being stabbed just short of his heart, Reading Crown Court heard.
The youth's injury was so serious that he lost an eye and paramedics had to use bolt-cutters to remove the three-pronged harpoon from his face.
Mr Kirk denies causing GBH with intent and having an offensive weapon.
Prosecutor Julian Baughan QC told the court that the incident happened after a confrontation.
Survival 'a miracle'
That was said to have been sparked by Mr Kirk's alleged warning to the teenager not to vandalise a phone box near his girlfriend's home in Thatcham, Berkshire.
Mr Kirk told the police in a statement that the teenager was "kicking and swinging" on it and an argument broke out between the two.
Later, Mr Baughan said, the teenager returned with two men and attacked Mr Kirk, who was dressed only in boxer shorts, punching, kicking and stabbing him.
But Mr Kirk, who is alleged to have left the harpoon gun by the front door, fired it in the face of the teenager, he said.
Mr Baughan told the court it was "little short of a miracle" that the teenager survived and added: "Although he was injured, Kirk reacted violently and deliberately."
Mr Kirk told police in a statement that he had cocked the gun to keep his attackers at bay and, as he lifted it, was hit in the face with a baseball bat, causing the trigger to go off.
His lawyers argue that he was acting in self-defence but the prosecution say that the violence had already stopped and that it was a revenge attack.
The trial continues.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/3813115.stm
God this makes me angry.
Man 'fired harpoon in boy's face'
A man fired a harpoon gun into a 15-year-old boy's face as he was attacked with a baseball bat by a gang, a court has been told.
Nathan Kirk, 25, fired the harpoon after being stabbed just short of his heart, Reading Crown Court heard.
The youth's injury was so serious that he lost an eye and paramedics had to use bolt-cutters to remove the three-pronged harpoon from his face.
Mr Kirk denies causing GBH with intent and having an offensive weapon.
Prosecutor Julian Baughan QC told the court that the incident happened after a confrontation.
Survival 'a miracle'
That was said to have been sparked by Mr Kirk's alleged warning to the teenager not to vandalise a phone box near his girlfriend's home in Thatcham, Berkshire.
Mr Kirk told the police in a statement that the teenager was "kicking and swinging" on it and an argument broke out between the two.
Later, Mr Baughan said, the teenager returned with two men and attacked Mr Kirk, who was dressed only in boxer shorts, punching, kicking and stabbing him.
But Mr Kirk, who is alleged to have left the harpoon gun by the front door, fired it in the face of the teenager, he said.
Mr Baughan told the court it was "little short of a miracle" that the teenager survived and added: "Although he was injured, Kirk reacted violently and deliberately."
Mr Kirk told police in a statement that he had cocked the gun to keep his attackers at bay and, as he lifted it, was hit in the face with a baseball bat, causing the trigger to go off.
His lawyers argue that he was acting in self-defence but the prosecution say that the violence had already stopped and that it was a revenge attack.
The trial continues.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/3813115.stm
That was my laugh for the day.
